Oddly, I just finished my recurrent training which for a FAA license requires Inadvertent IMC (Instrument Meteorological Condition) recovery training. In a helicopter with no autopilot it is difficult to manage turns and fly a heading due to inherent instability of helicopters.
Transport Canada mandates Low Visibility training in order to fly down to 1/2 mile (1 mile is the minimum in Class G airspace unless certain requirements are met) which involves considerations of fuel management, time of day and other things that one must be mindful of and then evasive maneuvering. Basically avoidance and prevention.
The FAR’s in the USA allow us to 1/2 mile in Class G airspace anytime if you have done the foggles (obscurred glasses so you can’t see out the windows) on training and passed the ride. Basically how to handle it once it is encountered. I am dual licensed and have done both for nearly 20 yrs and for me the adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure holds true but to be fair the differences in philosophy might be due to the extent of remote areas in Canada vs the US.
Hovering in these conditions has never been discussed in a training flight in either system. If one was to try that while flying VFR without being close to a stationary object to keep in site I fear it would be the last mistake they’d make...
if anyone is interested, there is some interesting reading in this forum about this particular accident. Of course, there is some nonsense but also lots of food for thought;
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/629197-kobe-bryant-killed-s76-crash.html
regards
c74